Question

The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had a few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or leave it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?

Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.

A．he wanted to talk to the author

B．he might think the author dropped the bread

C．the author appeared too nervous

D．the author was going to get off

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A．easily obtained

B．strongly supported

C．purposely created

D．completely unaccepted

3.Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?

A．He noticed that no one was looking at him.

B．He didn’t want to see the cheese bread to go to waste.

C．He remembered a homeless man at that very moment.

D．He valued kindness more than his own pride.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了作者在一次乘地铁的经历中，对于别人掉在地上的面包作者起先并不像捡起来，但是后来作者战胜了自己的骄傲和愚昧拾起了面包送给了无家可归的人。

1.细节题。从第一自然段A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so.可知，盯着我看的那个人认为是我丢弃了那个面包，故选B

2.推断题。从文章Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions 可知，此处的问题都是作者自己故意强加给自己的，故选C

3.细节题。从倒数第二段So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness 可知，作者比起自己的那一点骄傲感而言更加看重善良，故选D

考点：日常生活类记叙文

点评：本文讲述的一个小故事，文章文脉清晰，生单词不多。对于此类比较短的文章，所给的信息量比较精炼，要求学生仔细认真的读懂文章，不能走马观花的看，要根据题目中的内容对比文章的上下，综合作答，尤其对于推断题，要准确理会作者的写作情感，事情发展的逻辑关系都需要特别注意。